Grand Junction Commuter Rail Feasibility Public Meeting

MassDOT invites all interested stakeholders to a community meeting to discuss progress on the Grand Junction Commuter Rail Feasibility Study.  The meeting will be held as follows:

Thursday, June 16, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Morse School – Auditorium
40 Granite Street, Cambridge

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss an ongoing study of the potential use of the Grand Junction Railroad for supplemental MBTA Commuter Rail service to Cambridge and North Station.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently purchased Grand Junction Railroad from CSX Transportation in order to preserve this valuable corridor for transportation use. MassDOT is evaluating the feasibility, benefits, and impacts of running a branch of the Framingham/Worcester Commuter Rail line from Allston, through Cambridge and Somerville, to North Station in Boston.

MassDOT staff members will discuss existing and future conditions along the corridor, other proposed uses of the corridor, proposed alternatives to be evaluated, and environmental review. MassDOT will hold a community meeting in fall 2011 to present the results of the evaluated alternatives.

For more information, or to request alternative language or other special accommodation, please contact Matthew Ciborowski at matthew.ciborowski@state.ma.us, (617) 973-7180.

Comments

[Minka vanBEuzekom]

Will there be minutes or some other write-up of the June 16th meeting? In particular I'm interested in:
* preserving a quiet zone,
* installing safety measures,
* changes to traffic signalling and
* evaluating where new stops are feasible.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Minka vB
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The minutes are currently being assembled and along with presentation information will be posted on the MassDOT website, www.mass.gov/massdot, this week.

[Miguel Espada]

I believe it's a good idea to have a mbta commuter rail at Cambridge, MA, that is the Grand Junction but I don't know where the stop is going to be I would like to know street be located. When is going to be in service? It's better for passanger to commuter to work, home, events, restraunt, & etc. So, what do you say done deal?
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Thanks. This is still under review and public discussion.